Can and case



(No Model.)

,J. BEAN. CAN AND CASE.

Patented May 13, 1884.

a Snares i ATENT FFlCE@ CAN AND CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,338, dated May 13, 1884. Application filed February .19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs M. BEAN, of Watertown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusettshave invented a new and useful Improvement in Cans and Cases therefor, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide a cheap, simple, convenient, and durable tilting can and case for kerosene-oil and other liquids, which case will securely protect the can from injuryin shipping, and also serve as a support for the can when elevated therein, to enable it to be tilted or tipped or swung upon journals or pivots provided upon opposite sides of the can, and adapted to have a bearing upon the top edge of the case when partially withdrawn from the same, so as to permit the contents of such can to be poured from the same through a spout connecting with the interior of the can and attached to the top of the same, as hereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a can and ease constructed according to my invention, and connected together ready for transportation or storage. Fig. 2 represents a similar view of the can elevated upon the case and tipped so as to remove the contents. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section through the swinging nozzle 0r spout and a portion of the can-top to which it is secured. Fig. 4 represents avertical section through a portion of one side of the can and can-guard secured thereto.

A represents a square or rectangular netal can, constructed of tin, and having secured to opposite sides thereof, by solder or otherwise, suitable pivots, B, which. slide down within vertical grooves formed within the opposite ends 0 of the case. When the said can A is placed therein, as shown Fig. 1, and when raised upward and partially removed therefrom and the said pivots B placed in slight notches formed in the upper ends of the said projecting ends 0 of the case, as shown in Fig. 2, it is free to be tipped or tilted so as to pour through the faucet or swinging spout D the contents of the said can A. This swinging spout is adapted to be opened and. closed by having a slight rotary motion imparted to it, whereby the spout D is carried around horizontally about one-fourth of a revolution, which opens or closes the passage through the spout connecting with the vertical cylindric case E, which rotates with the interior packing or cork, G, which is provided with a central vertical tube, F, and ahorizontal opening arranged to coincide with the opening through the spout D, and the case E, which has a hearing at its lower end upon the disk or plate J, soldered upon the top of the can around an opening pieces P, which are secured to the front and rear sides of the can, at their upper and lower edges, by a strip of tin, Emailed or secured to the inward faces of the said pieces P, and projecting below the lower ends thereof when the said barsN and case portions P are placed over and upon the top of the said can A and the tin strips R soldered to the sides ofthe can, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be seen and understood that when the said can A is placed within the case, as shown in Fig. 1, the said portions P fit within the ends 0 of the case and bear at their lower ends against the upper ends of the lower or short back and front portions, S, of the case, and may be connected thereto by a suitable eye and hasp attached to each side, as shown 5 or, if desired, the hasps may be attached to the tops of the said cross-bars N, and the screw eyes inserted into the upper ends of the endpieces, 0, of the case or cleats T, and thereby temporarily secure, attach, or connect the can with the said ease in. a convenient manner. The said ends 0 of the case have secured to their upper end portions cleats T, which extend across the same from edge to edge, and thereby strengthenthesame,soastopreventsplittingor breakingin handlingandtransportingthesame. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The can A, having a faucet consisting of the disk J, attached to the can, a cap, K, tube F, secured to the cap and to the disk, an outer I with the case-pieces P, secured to the bars N,

cylindric case, B, having a spout, D, secured and secured to the can by metal strips Rgvith thereto, and a packing, G, substantially as dethe case end pieces, G, provided with the crossseribed. cleats T and short back and front portions, S, 15 1 5 2. The can A, provided on its upper end I adapted to be connected together and disconwith the bars N and on its opposite sides with nected, substantially in the manner described,

the case-pieces P, secured to the bars N, and as and for the purposes set forth.

secured to the can by the metal strips R, sub JAMES M. BEAN.

stantia-lly as described. XVitnesses: 1o 3. The combination of the can A, provided SYLVENUs WALKER,

with the top bars, N, and on its opposite sides CHAS. S. GOODING. 

